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1182 Subject Index<br />

Subject Index<br />

turbulence 131<br />

– effects 138<br />

– spectra 140<br />

TV holography 1103<br />

TVG (time-varied gain) 196<br />

two-pole feedback filter 724<br />

two-pole filter 516<br />

twos-complement 521<br />

two-<strong>to</strong>ne suppression 449<br />

tympanum animal 794<br />

Tyndall, John 12<br />

U<br />

ultrasound 2<br />

UMM (unit modal mass) vec<strong>to</strong>rs<br />

1128<br />

uncertainty principle 508<br />

underwater acoustic imaging 187<br />

underwater propagation 152–155,<br />

157, 158, 168–170, 172, 175, 177,<br />

182, 183<br />

– models 167<br />

underwater travel-time <strong>to</strong>pography<br />

192<br />

unit genera<strong>to</strong>r 718<br />

unit modal mass (UMM) vec<strong>to</strong>rs<br />

1128<br />

unit rectangle pulse 508<br />

upper frequency limit 1060<br />

upsampling 716<br />

upward spread of masking 464<br />

V<br />

valves and bends 614<br />

variable bitrate (VBR) 773<br />

VBR (variable bitrate) 773<br />

VC (vital capacity) 671<br />

velocity of sound<br />

– fluids 219<br />

vent sensitivity 1066<br />

vertebrates 790<br />

– hearing 793<br />

very short-range paths 152<br />

vibraphone 650<br />

vibration isolation 414<br />

vibra<strong>to</strong> 551<br />

violin 550<br />

– admittance measurements 595<br />

– cross-section 575<br />

– directionality 600<br />

–FEA 591<br />

– Helmholtz resona<strong>to</strong>r 591<br />

– octet 601<br />

– quality 572<br />

– signature modes 599<br />

– <strong>to</strong>nal copies 600<br />

– <strong>to</strong>ne quality 600<br />

virtual pitch 480<br />

viscoelasticity 944<br />

visualization of sound fields 1069<br />

vital capacity (VC) 671<br />

vocal folds 629<br />

vocal formant 791, 792<br />

vocal loudness 681<br />

vocal registers 680<br />

vocal sac 792<br />

–birds 796<br />

vocal tract 792<br />

– filter 682<br />

vocal valve 792<br />

vocoder 721, 724, 726<br />

voice 706<br />

volume attenuation 157<br />

von Helmholtz, Hermann 12, 13<br />

von Kármán equations 957<br />

vortex-sheet model 636<br />

vortices 636<br />

vorticity 634<br />

vowel 450<br />

vowel articulation 691<br />

– APEX model 688–690<br />

vowels 687<br />

W<br />

Waterhouse correction 1072<br />

wave<br />

– capillary 788<br />

– equation 168, 731<br />

– impedance 1056<br />

– number 210<br />

– surface 789<br />

– train envelope 282<br />

– velocity 207<br />

wave propagation<br />

– in fluids 215<br />

– in solids 217<br />

– nonlinear Schrödinger equation<br />

283<br />

waveform 520, 544<br />

–binaryform 520<br />

– envelope 550<br />

– non-repetitive 546<br />

– periodic 544<br />

– saw<strong>to</strong>oth 544, 545<br />

– square 544, 545<br />

– symmetry 506<br />

– triangular 544, 545<br />

wavefront steepening 264<br />

wavefronts 1055<br />

waveguide filter 731<br />

wavelength 210<br />

wavelet 714, 728<br />

– transform 729<br />

wave-motion correction<br />

1034<br />

waves<br />

– finite-amplitude 264<br />

– thermoviscous 268<br />

wave-table synthesis 718<br />

weak refraction 133<br />

Weber’s law 472<br />

WFUMB (World Federation for<br />

Ultrasound in Medicine and<br />

Biology) 895<br />

white noise 527<br />

Wiener–Khintchine relation 511<br />

wind instruments 601, 637<br />

window 1083<br />

windscreen 1064<br />

wolf-note 557<br />

wood<br />

– elastic constants 588<br />

working standard (WS) 1043<br />

World Federation for Ultrasound in<br />

Medicine and Biology (WFUMB)<br />

895<br />

WS (working standard) 1043<br />

X<br />

XOR 526<br />

– operation on 526<br />

xylophone 649, 650<br />

Z<br />

zeroes 726<br />

zither 562<br />

z-transform<br />

– convergence 524<br />

–inverse 525<br />

z-transform pairs 524

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